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"Tunisia faces two immediate challenges: saving lives and livelihoods until the pandemic wanes, and starting to bring economic imbalances back to a sustainable trajectory."
The protests come as the North African nation struggles to stem the novel coronavirus pandemic, which has crippled the economy and threatened to overwhelm hospitals.
Tunisians protest against mass arrests in nighttime clashes
Tunisians took to the streets to demand the release of hundreds of young demonstrators arrested during protests.
Tunisia's Defence Minister pressed by lawmakers on riots
Ibrahim Al-Bartaji appeared to break the silence of Tunisia’s divided political leadership on the protests in a formal statement to parliament.
Tunisia seeks to stem wave of night-time street riots
Tunisia is bracing for protests after hundreds were arrested in four nights of street clashes between riot police and disaffected youths
Tunisia must 'immediately' shun violence against protesters: Amnesty
Online footage shows police beating and dragging individuals who were arrested, while eyewitnesses have shared testimony indicating the ill treatment of people in custody, Amnesty says.
Tunisia arrests over 600, deploys troops after riots
Over 600 people have been arrested and troops have been deployed after a third consecutive night of riots in various Tunisian cities.
Tunisian rioters clash with security forces for third night
Clashes broke out for a third consecutive evening in several Tunisian cities, pitting stone-throwing youths against security forces despite a ...
Locked-down Tunisia marks decade since dictator's fall
Tunisia marked 10 years since the Arab Spring revolution sent autocratic ruler Zine El Abidine Ben Ali but little are celebrating due to a ...
Discontent remains 10 years after Tunisia's Arab Spring protests
While Tunisia - unlike most of its regional neighbours - has kept the candle of a fragile democracy burning, widespread popular discontent is ...
Bodies of 20 migrants retrieved off Tunisia: ministry
Five other migrants on board the capsized boat were rescued by the Tunisian coastguard.
Italy PM flies in as Libya frees Sicilian fishermen
Libya freed 18 fishermen, including eight Sicilians, after Italy's prime minister visited Benghazi to secure their release.
A decade on, Tunisian demands for change not extinguished
Tunisians in Bouazizi's marginalised hometown, Sidi Bouzid, say they are suffering from the same sorrows as a decade ago.
Few feel life has improved since Arab Spring: poll
A new poll suggests many believe inequality has grown worse since the pro-freedom uprisings broke out a decade ago.
Fighting to advance the hard-won freedoms of Tunisia's revolution
In-depth: From women's rights to freedom of expression, progressives in Tunisia's young democracy are fighting to preserve and advance the ...
Hopes crushed as Tunisians mark a decade since revolution
Ten years after the Arab Spring revolutions, Tunisia is still battling for a better future.
Libya frees 18 Sicilian fishermen
A group of Sicilian fishermen held in Libya since September have been released from captivity.
Mohamed Bouazizi: The fire that lit the Arab Spring
The New Arab profiles the life of the 26-year-old Tunisian street vendor, ten years after his self-immolation sparked a revolution in Tunisia ...
Tunisia: The road to revolution
In-depth: The uprisings that swept North Africa and the Middle East began in Tunisia, bringing freedom and democracy to a country so long ...
Islamophobia and the rise of respectable racism in France
Book Club: Jim Wolfreys illuminates both the uniqueness of France's anti-Muslim backlash and its broader implications for the West.
'Keep up the fight', urges sister of Tunisia's Bouazizi
Mohamed Bouazizi doused himself in petrol and set himself alight a decade ago, triggering a string of historic protests across the Arab world.
Outcry after Tunisian doctor dies in hospital lift accident
Tunisian doctors and medical students are demanding the health minister resign after the death of a resident doctor who fell from a broken ...
Haftar's capture of Italian fishermen sparks diplomatic storm
In-depth: Haftar's forces have detained a crew of Sicilian fishermen for over 90 days, igniting a diplomatic stand-off with Italy.
Tunisia-Libya border reopens after seven-month closure over virus
The border between Tunisia and Libya has reopened seven months after a closure in response to coronavirus.
Hospitals are struggling under the weight of a rise in coronavirus cases.
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